Libya in Utter Chaos

• Three years after torture, assassination of Muammar Qadaffi, North African nation terrorized by NATO-inspired civil war.

• Qadaffi’s fate sealed with plan to establish new oilexchange using gold dinars rather than dollar.

By Richard Walker —

As Libya continues to descend intochaos as a result of the interventionistpolicies of President BarackHussein Obama, it is hard to imagine it wasonce the most prosperous and stable country in north Africa.

Obama’s decision in 2011 to attack and ultimatelyassassinate former Libyan leader ColonelMuammar Qadaffi, who was once an American ally, ledto the country being ripped apart. Libya’s militaryand national police force weredevastated and much of the country’sinfrastructure, including itslucrative oil industry, was torn asunder.

The world even witnessed thetorture and murder of Qadaffi andthe killing of one of his sons, who was being held in custody.

Ever since then, militias, manyof them allied to terrorists, have fought eachother across the country, competing for politicalpower, land and oil resources. They have created a hell for the nation’s 5 million people.

Before Obama unleashed the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) on Qadaffi’s government at the behest of chickenhawks in Washington and corporate entities keen on getting their hands on Libya’s oil, it was a stable, wealthy country.

Qadaffi, for all his apparent craziness, ensuredextremist militias did not hold his nation’s destinyin their hands as they do now. He even handedover nuclear materials he had acquired and was considered a stabilizing influence.

Libyans had a system in which water, electricityand education were free. Banks were mandatedto provide reasonable loans for peopleseeking to build or purchase homes. In terms oftravel outside Libya, it was one of the few countriesin Africa that, instead of limiting movementbeyond the country’s borders, offered generousgrants for people wishing to study abroad. Gaswas free, of course, meaning Libyans overall hada better lifestyle than their neighbors in countries like Egypt.

Qadaffi was indeed a dictator like many othersin north Africa and the Middle East, but that didnot justify removing him frompower. Nevertheless, Obama andhis NATO allies had been hopingfor an opportunity to take himdown. The so-called Arab Springprovided one. The moment unrestbegan in Libya, Washington,London and Paris exploited it byfunding and arming militias sothey could seize control of citieslike Benghazi.

As Libya now descends further into chaos, withdaily violence across the country and no effectivegovernment, Obama and his allies have left it toits deadly fate, watching as Egypt and other Arabnations contribute to the growing turmoil inmajor centers like Benghazi and Tripoli.

Despite denials, Egypt and Arab nations, includingQatar and the United Arab Emirates, havebeen supporting different militia groups withinLibya. Egypt, which fears the most extreme elementsin Libya are flowing across its borders, hassecretly sent special forces into Libya and hasbombed Libyan militias it deemed a threat. This latest intervention has contributed to instability.

Secretary of State John Kerry’s response toLibya’s crisis is that only Libyans can solve theirnation’s problems. In light of the fact Obama createdthe mess, Kerry’s comment has to be considerednot only cynical but grossly insulting. Thefact is Libyans can’t bring an end to the slaughterand the internecine warfare that now definestheir lives. The country was stable until NATO decided to tear it apart.

An East European intelligence source, who hasspoken to this newspaper before about the Middle East, saidMoscow knew Washington was determined to removeQadaffi from power and it was not only about the country’s oil reserves.

“It was clear to the Kremlin that what sealedQadaffi’s fate was his plan to establish a new oilexchange through whichAfrican nations could use gold dinars rather than the dollar,” he said.“The exchange would have hurt Western oil giantsand also the currencies of the United States, Britain andFrance, the three nations that brought about his downfall.”

Thank you for that comment M. Edwards, it is very true and need desperately to be known. He was a truly great man—endlessly vilified for not playing the game. He was the most benevolent “Dictator” in history. Totally free education to the highest degree, same with medical care, overseas if necessary. It deeply scared me what they did to him and to Libya.

Btw, Lockerbie was bullsh*t—he had nothing to do with it, but he paid up to release his people from the sanctions. We need to study his Green Book.

I have lived in Libya for years. Muammar al-Qadhafi was not a dictator, but a caring, highly intelligent, very modest living leader with the great vision of creating the United States of Africa. We all loved him and we all miss him forever.

The whole continent of Africa is suffering because of the destruction of Libya.

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